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Three miles outside the prosperous Johannesburg suburb of Sandton, the 91-year-old township of Alexandra serves as a bleak reminder of South Africa's apartheid past. Sewers overflow here, electricity is sporadic, and unemployment stands at roughly a third of the working-age population. Alexandra's estimated 350,000 residents are crammed onto just 2,100 acres of land, according to the Alexandra Renewal Project. Some 20,000 shacks complete the landscape. "Alex," as the township is popularly called, has been home to Nelson Mandela and criminal gangs alike, but, so far, despite plans to turn the township into a model for sustainable development, its unofficial title of "Dark City" still holds.
Photo: Saurabh Das/AP
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